[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992-1993, Book II)]
[September 30, 1992]
[Page 1728]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Presidential Determination No. 92-48--Memorandum on Counternarcotics 
Assistance for Colombia
September 30, 1992

Memorandum for the Secretary of State,
the Secretary of Defense

Subject: Presidential Determination to Drawdown DOD Stocks for 
Counternarcotics Assistance for Colombia

    Pursuant to the authority vested in me by Section 506(a)(2) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, 22 U.S.C. 2318(a)(2) (the 
``Act''), I hereby determine that it is in the national interest of the 
United States to drawdown defense articles from the stocks of the 
Department of Defense, defense services of the Department of Defense, 
and military education and training for the purpose of providing 
counternarcotics assistance to Colombia.
    Therefore, I hereby direct the drawdown of up to $7 million of such 
defense articles from the stocks of the Department of Defense, defense 
services of the Department of Defense, and military education and 
training for the purposes and under the authorities of Chapter 8 of Part 
I of the Act.
    The Acting Secretary of State is authorized and directed to report 
this determination to the Congress, and to arrange for its publication 
in the Federal Register.

                                                             George Bush

                    [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 4:10 
                        p.m., October 8, 1992]